Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1146

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 9-25-6-7.

Synopsis: Bankruptcy and motor vehicle accident judgments. Eliminates a provision stating that a person's discharge in bankruptcy does not relieve the person from the requirements of the law under which the driver's license of a person who fails to satisfy a judgment for bodily injury or property damage arising out of the use of a motor vehicle is to be suspended until the judgment is satisfied. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.)

Effective: July 1, 2008.





GiaQuinta




    January 8, 2008, read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary.







Introduced

Second Regular Session 115th General Assembly (2008)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1146



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 9-25-6-7; (08)IN1146.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 9-25-6-7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in sections 5 and 6 of this chapter, a suspension required in sections 4 and 6 of this chapter remains in effect and no other motor vehicle may be registered in the name of the judgment debtor or a new license issued to the judgment debtor, until the following occur:
        (1) The judgment is satisfied or stayed.
        (2) The judgment debtor gives proof of financial responsibility in the future as provided in this article.
    (b) A discharge in bankruptcy following the rendering of a judgment does not relieve the judgment debtor from the requirements of this chapter.